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11 Businesses You Can Start in Your Pajamas in 2011

Starting a profitable business from home is perhaps the ultimate American Dream. Here’s a look at 11 entrepreneurs whose commute can be measured in feet, and whose ideas may give you inspiration for your own home-based enterprise in 2011.

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How to Build an eBay Storefront

Ready to open shop online? Sellers and experts share their secrets to succeeding in eBay's brand of e-commerce.

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Joel Spolsky: Setting the Right Priorities

Strong problem-solving skills are important in business. Knowing which problems you absolutely must solve is even more important

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Recent Articles about eBay Inc.

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Marketing to Moms: You’re Doing It All Wrong

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An Easy Way to Learn Entrepreneurship

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Skype Founders Mull Buy-Back and Digg on the Defensive

Skype founders may buy back the company . The New York Times reported Saturday that Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom have been trying to raise $1 bi...  Read more

CEOs Favorite Tax Write-offs and Underlings Seek Revenge

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How to Tweet and Mark Cuban Gets Body-Slammed

How to use Twitter profitably. David Spinks of Mashable has comp...  Read more

Former eBay CEO For Governor of California

Meg Whitman wants Arnold Schwarznegger's job. I normally would leave this one alone. But, there's just too many punch lines and we're going into the weeke...  Read more

EBay New, But Not Improved

People used to care when eBay announced new changes and features . Well, this ...  Read more

25k For Best eBay Business Plan

Some companies are losing customers these days and some are losing businesses. eBay falls into the latter category and they can't really blame it on the e...  Read more

New EBay Changes Catering To Big Dog Sellers

Pity the poor Mom and Pop seller trying to make it on eBay. EBay is instituting more changes today to stack the deck against them and shore up the more es...  Read more

Does EBaby Care About EBay Anymore?

Okay, maybe that's a little strong. But, it takes a lot to get your attention in August. The truth is Ebay really is looking to something besides EBay as ...  Read more

Inspired Misfires

Why the most important innovations are often those that appear to be fatally flawed.  Read more

How eBay, Yahoo, and Amazon Stores Stack Up

For those just starting a small business, or running a business on the side, setting up a virtual storefront under the auspices of online giants eBay, Yahoo,...  Read more

EBay Buys Bill Me Later for Nearly $1 Billion

Online auction giant eBay has acquired Bill Me Later , the Maryland-based p...  Read more

eBay Getting Pushback on Feedback Changes

If you've ever bought or sold on eBay, then you know buyer and seller feedback is a major cog in the wheels of commerce. eBay just changed the ru...  Read more

EBay Set to Buy Inc. 500 Company for $310 Million

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eBay Entrepreneurship Conference

Feb. 5, 2007 -- Attendee registration is now open for eBay's sixth annual community conference, which will take place in Boston on June 1...  Read more

How to Launch a Cool, Profitable, Worth-All-The-Risk, Kick-Ass Start-Up (And Live To Brag About It)

Four legendary company founders tell four promising entrepreneurs a thing or two about running a business.  Read more

EBay's Skype Write Down

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Today's the last day at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco . In other words, right about now, conference- goers have ...  Read more

Twitter's Big Pay Day

Twitter worth $1 billion . Yup, you read right. The little company that can't seem to nail down how exactly it's going to make money and that employ...  Read more

EBay Fuels Growth of Sole Proprietorships

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Want to Be an eBay Millionaire? Consider Moving to New Jersey, Tennessee

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New Program Cracks Down on eBay Scammers

A team of researchers has designed a way to identify vendors with bogus seller ratings.  Read more

Grist: The Second-Mover Advantage

Despite all the business wisdom exhorting you to smash the rules and shatter the paradigms, it can be just as smart to let others do the trailblazing.  Read more

Ask Inc.

Discounting excess inventory; switching to biweekly payroll.  Read more

Pawnshops Pick a Fight With EBay

An old-school industry lobbies for regulation of online auction companies.  Read more

Using a Drop Shipper

Looking to sell on eBay without going online yourself? Consider using a drop shipper.  Read more

Setting Up a Business on eBay

Should you list items for auction, set up an eBay store, or sell on eBay’s new Express service?  Read more

Creating an eBay Business Plan

Should you incorporate? How will you get paid? Think about these and other issues before writing your plan to set up a business on eBay.  Read more

Pointers From eBay's PowerSellers

PowerSeller hasn’t made it’s way into Webster’s yet. But for the nearly one in three Americans who are registered eBay users, it’s a household word.  Read more

Tips for Increasing eBay Sales

Want to get your auction just right? Here are some tips to consider before letting others bid on your goods.  Read more

How eBay Works

There are 213 million registered users on eBay -- and that’s a lot of potential customers for your business.  Read more